Faces of Meth™ is a project of the Multnomah County (Oregon) Sheriff's Office. This project began when a deputy in the Corrections Division Classification Unit, Deputy Bret King, put together mug shots of persons booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center. Deputy King also started interviewing people in custody to learn of their drug use, experiences with methamphetamine, how or if methamphetamine contributed to their criminality, and asked what they would tell young people about methamphetamine. What Deputy King set out to do was create a realistic presentation about methamphetamine. The efforts of this project were first published in the Oregonian as part of their focused efforts on the methamphetamine epidemic. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has provided the pictures posted in the Oregonian Faces of Meth™ story on December 28, 2004 to others who are involved in methamphetamine prevention and awareness efforts. Deputy King starts each of his presentations by saying, "I thank the men and women who, through their stories and photos, can share their experience with methamphetamine so you never have to try it yourself to know what it can do." "I have seen and interviewed each of these people in jail." he says. "I hope that in seeing this you will make choices to not use methamphetamine and that I will never see you come inside my jail." Deputy King worked with his co-workers in the Classification Unit to identify people who had been in custody more than once. He then worked to verify criminal records and files to determine and assure a history of methamphetamine related use. He didn't want to create something that made people curious about a drug nor that was a scared straight program. The idea was simple, be honest with kids, let them hear directly from the inmates, and show them what people who work on the front lines – whether it be a Corrections Deputy in the Jail, a Police Officer on the streets or a Public Health Nurse in a clinic see methamphetamine doing to people and to our communities. Through the Faces of Meth™ website, these photos can be downloaded and further Faces of Meth™ materials can be purchased.